Multiple-drilling attachment



Patented Oct. 5 1926.

CLYDE NAGLE, F ELMIRA, NEW YORK.

MULTIPLE-DRILLING ATTACHMENT.

Application filed April 26, 1924. Serial No. 709,272.

This invention relates to boring or drilling devices and has for itsobject the provision of a novel device designed for use in a turret orother lathe for the purpose of drilling holes in work carried by theface plate or chuck of the lathe.

An important object is the provision of a device of this character whichis so constructed and arranged as to drill a plurality of holes at thesame time thereby saving in time and labor especially as it is unnecessary to remove the work from the lathe and carry it to a drill press.

An additional object is the provision ,of a device of this characterwhich will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, easy to use,positive and rapid in action, etlicient and durable in service and ageneral improvement in the art.

Vith the above and other objects and advantages in view the inventionconsists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed and illus trated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich 1 Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through the device showing itin the act of drilling work carried by a lathe face plate,

Figure 2 is a section on the line 22 of 30 Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the letter A designates aface plate or chuck of a lathe carrying the work B which is to bedrilled.

provide a body member 10 of suitable size, shape and material having anoutstanding flange 11 formed with holes 12 whereby it may be bolted ontothe turret or other suitable portion of a lathe. The outer face of thisbody is formed with a flange 13 which projects outwardly and which isrecessed at 14 for the accommodation of a ring gear 15 which is securedby studs 16 and which is consequently held stationary with the body 10.l

Disposed against the outer face of the body 10, or hearing against theflange 13 7 thereof is a rotatable body 17 pivoted with respect to thebody 10 by a spindle bolt 18 which is screwed into a central hole 19.

in the body 10 and which has a smooth portion fitting within a bushing20 in the center of the body member 17. The members 10 and 17 are heldtogether by a nut 21 screwed onto the spindle bolt and bearing Incarrying out the present invention I against suitable washers 22. Atopposite sides the body member 17 is formed with extensions 23 havingbores 24 engaged upon the reduced ends 25 of guides 26 which areslidable through guide passages 27 in the face plate A so that the body17 will rotate with the face plate while being capable of movementtoward or from the same.

At diametrically opposite points, the body 17 is formed with bores 28within which are bushings 29 through which are rotatable sockets 30having reduced extensions 81 carrying pinions 32 which mesh with thering gear 15. Thrust bearings 33 of the ball bearing type are locatedagainst these pinions and bear against a ring 34; located within anannular recess 35 in the outer face of the body 10. Any suitable drills36 are mounted within the sockets 30.

In the operation, it will be seen that when the member 10 is heldstationary and the work B rotated by the face plate, the body 17 willlikewise be rotated whereupon the pinions 32 traveling in mesh with thering gear 15 will be rotated, thereby rotating the sockets and drillsand boring holes in the work. 7

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right tomake such changes in the form, con struction and arrangement of parts aswill not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of thesubjoined claim.

In combination with the face plate of a turret lathe, a body memberadapted to be stationarily mounted with respect to the turret and formedwith a recess, a ring gear mounted within the recess, a second bodymember rotatable with respect to the face plate, securing memberspassing through the second named body and into said ring gear, saidrotatable body being formed with openings, socket members rotatablymounted within said openings and constituting chucks for holding drills,pinions on said socket members meshing with said ring gear, meanssecuring the second named body member with respect to the faceplate ofthe lathe, and thrust bearing members recessed into the first named bodymember and bearing against the pinions.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CLYDE NAGLE.

Oct. 5 1926.

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